The little kindnesses and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
Stephen Covey
When we lived in California and were able to go to Disneyland she would stand in the lines till it got near the front then we would get in line and she would go to the next ride and stand in line for us again, she did this all day. We could ride more rides this way. This was before Disney engineered the lines.
When I worked on fires and wanted to knit and needed help with a stitch I would call her and she would google or go to the knit store and learn how to do the stitch then help me learn the stitch over the phone.
One year the Messiah sing in was at the Tabernacle with no assigned seats. I was going to sing after work but could only make it just before the concert started. Mom and Dad went early to get a good seat for me.
One of my favorite bands came to Utah and I learned of this the very day they were playing. Mom spent hours trying to find me a ticket to a show that had been sold out for months. It was one of the best concerts I've been too.
She came to stay with me when I lived in Cedar City. While I was working in the ambulance she waxed my piano and made it beautiful and shiny.
I hope that I am kind and thoughtful in the little important things like Mom.
in my early teens, I discovered that I loved classical music. Mom asked her sister Rita to take her favorite classical music and record it to cassette tape for me. I listened to them over and over. Then, for my 15th birthday, I asked mom for and received a very nice 5 disc CD player/stereo with 10 discs from the top classical composers. I would listen to it for hours like during home school, and after school, and going to sleep with the music going.
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I love you momma!